The Myth of Ceded Lands: A Legal Analysis by Keanu Sai, PhD
The Myth of Ceded
Lands:
A Legal Analysis by Keanu Sai,
PhD
Sponsored by ASUH and Hawaiian
Studies
Based on the 1898 joint
resolution of annexation, Governor Lingle claims that the State of Hawai‘i
has good title to Ceded Lands and that Native Hawaiians have a moral but not a
legal claim to these lands. There are those who oppose and those who agree. But
what are Ceded Lands? Why do issues about Ceded Lands revolve around the illegal
overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom government and the annexation of Hawai‘i
to the United States?
David Keanu
Sai, Ph.D. in political science, has done extensive research on this topic.
Drawing from his recent doctoral dissertation and law journal article written
last year, he presents a historical and legal context that show there are no
"Ceded Lands."
Date: Thursday, September
10, 2009
Time: 12:30pm –
2:00pm
Where: Paliku Theatre, Windward Community
CollegePresentation Followed by a Panel
Examination and Audience Q&AAn
Introduction to the Presentation is available at: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~anu/
For more information call: 235-7388 or email:
peterm@hawaii.edu
Posted: Tue - September 1, 2009 at 11:26 PM